Poem
Luís Vaz de Camões
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on view . . .
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on viewyour beautiful eyes in their lustrous being
without being blinded in the act of seeing
is already not paying your face’s due.
This seems to me an honest price,
but I, for the merit of deserving them,
gave both life and soul to serve them
apart from which I am without resource.
Enough that life and soul and hope
and as much as I have is all yours,
and the proof of this I alone know.
For such good fortune is beyond scope
giving you all that is in my power
as the more I pay you, the more I owe.
© Translation: 2006, Landeg White
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on view . . .
Quem vê, Senhora, claro e manifesto
o lindo ser de vossos olhos belos,
se não perder a vista só em vê-los,
já não paga o que deve a vosso gesto.
Este me parecia preço honesto;
mas eu, por de vantagem merecê-los,
dei mais a vida e alma por querê-los,
donde já me não fica mais de resto.
Assi que a vida e alma e esperança
e tudo quanto tenho, tudo é vosso,
e o proveito disso eu só o levo.
Porque é tamanha bem-aventurança
o dar-vos quanto tenho e quanto posso
que, quanto mais vos pago, mais vos devo.
o lindo ser de vossos olhos belos,
se não perder a vista só em vê-los,
já não paga o que deve a vosso gesto.
Este me parecia preço honesto;
mas eu, por de vantagem merecê-los,
dei mais a vida e alma por querê-los,
donde já me não fica mais de resto.
Assi que a vida e alma e esperança
e tudo quanto tenho, tudo é vosso,
e o proveito disso eu só o levo.
Porque é tamanha bem-aventurança
o dar-vos quanto tenho e quanto posso
que, quanto mais vos pago, mais vos devo.
© 1595, Luís Vaz de Camões
From: Rimas
Publisher: Almedina, Coímbra
From: Rimas
Publisher: Almedina, Coímbra
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Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on view . . .
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on viewyour beautiful eyes in their lustrous being
without being blinded in the act of seeing
is already not paying your face’s due.
This seems to me an honest price,
but I, for the merit of deserving them,
gave both life and soul to serve them
apart from which I am without resource.
Enough that life and soul and hope
and as much as I have is all yours,
and the proof of this I alone know.
For such good fortune is beyond scope
giving you all that is in my power
as the more I pay you, the more I owe.
© 2006, Landeg White
From: Rimas
From: Rimas
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on view . . .
Whoever, Lady, sees plainly on viewyour beautiful eyes in their lustrous being
without being blinded in the act of seeing
is already not paying your face’s due.
This seems to me an honest price,
but I, for the merit of deserving them,
gave both life and soul to serve them
apart from which I am without resource.
Enough that life and soul and hope
and as much as I have is all yours,
and the proof of this I alone know.
For such good fortune is beyond scope
giving you all that is in my power
as the more I pay you, the more I owe.
© 2006, Landeg White
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